College Composition / Unit 15 CMP 0354 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Order of Importance
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The idea
Ordering by importance arranges points from least to most important, or the reverse, depending on the effect wanted.
In practice
Ending with the strongest point leaves it freshest in the reader's mind, the same principle as ending a sentence with its key idea.
Where people slip
Burying the strongest evidence in the middle wastes it.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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